Divorced and separated parents know that they need to include a complete child visitation schedule in the parenting plan. The visitation schedule has the most direct impact on how visitation time goes. However, parents can also make the rest of their parenting plan so that it helps visitation time run more smoothly. Here is a parenting plan template so a mother and father can cover all of the necessary aspects of the visitation schedule.
The first thing to decide for the parenting plan and the visitation schedule is where the child will live. The child’s residence impacts every other decision made in the parenting plan. The parents can choose to have the child live with the mother, the father, or spend time living with both. This decision should be based on what is best for the child.
Once the child’s living arrangements have been figured out, the mother and father can create the rest of the visitation time. Parents should first come up with the amount of visitation that they feel is appropriate for the child. This amount should go in the parenting plan. Then the parents can assign visitation to the days and times that work for each parent.